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.... Here you can see the full threaded barrel and the backed out front guard screw. His screw goes into a shallow hole or dimple in the barrel threads when the rifle is assembled. IMHO the weakest spot of Gibbs’ system as the screw cannot clamp the action to the stock wood and the barrel in the receiver ring at the same time. With a bit of wear or wood shrinking or swelling one of it’s functions will become loose, as it did on mine....
First thanks for getting back to me. I agree with your comments above concerning the front receiver screw arrangement. I am considering 2 possible solutions for this. 1. Use a screw within a screw for the front guard. The outer screw would hold the receiver while the inner screw which is threaded thru the middle of the outer screw would be used to pin the barrel. or 2. leave the guard screws as they are and place a barrel screw thru the left side of the receive as I have seen on other rifles.
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Re: British Mannlichers